In the film “Stellar Fauna” that accompanies the performance, we see the two performers in a an outside environment. Without knowing what happened and the two women have arrived there, we see them in perfect harmony with the environment, which seams to have some unfamiliar qualities. They lay under the sun and next to purple coloured and saturated waters. Their activities follows a voice over which describes the cardiovascular system of a species that can stay submerged underwater for a long period of time. In our contemporary times of climate change, environmental destruction and animal extinction, the film “Stellar Fauna” is an absurd mockumentary about a new environmental condition in which our species has found a way to adapt on a mutated and alienated ecosystem.
Film directed by Kat Válastur/ camera and editing: Clara Jo/ voice over: Rebecca Lane, Evelyn Salor /Production management HAU Artist Office / Sabine Seifert / Touring & distribution HAU Artist Office / Nicole Schuchardt
Production: Kat Válastur / HAU Hebbel am Ufer, supported by Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, co-produced by Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Theater Freiburg, Fonds Transfabrik – deutsch-französischer Fonds für darstellende Künste.